So I draw closer to the time that I will be returning to the states. It is Monday night and I have been fighting a cold/flu off for the past few days. Today, I didn’t do much because I felt so ill in the afternoon. Yesterday even at worship, I felt like I was going to pass out. However, God is good and the students prayed over me during praise and prayers, and almost immediately my stomach pains went away. Praise be to God for the faithfulness of his servants.
I have yet to sit down with Pastor Dongo about the costs of living here. There is a guest house at the school. This is where I plan to live when I come back to Uganda. It has two bedrooms, one of which will be mine, a living room, bathroom and a small kitchen. However, it is not like what we think of as a kitchen. Right now, it has a sink and a small counter, but that is it. The biggest benefit to living at the school is that they can cook for me every day. I haven’t really missed the food in the states much since I have been here so I think I’ll be okay. However, I do miss having a hot shower in the morning. There is no hot water unless you boil it. Therefore, no hot or even warm showers. I guess it helps to wake you in the morning.
Other things that I miss are my friends and family. It will be difficult to be far from them physically and not be able to hang out with them. I get to communicate with them online as in this journal, but it doesn’t always meet the need of first hand communication. I also miss baseball and if it was basketball season, you know I would miss my Tar Heels. Otherwise, I don’t miss television at all and I especially don’t miss being overly busy and running around town constantly.
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